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A method for increasing the efficiency of an internal combustion engine utilizes three three-way valves, one that receives ambient air through an air cleaner, a second that receives hot exhaust from a catalytic converter of the internal combustion engine, and a third that receives air from a high sp

A method for increasing the efficiency of an internal combustion engine utilizes three three-way valves, one that receives ambient air through an air cleaner, a second that receives hot exhaust from a catalytic converter of the internal combustion engine, and a third that receives air from a high speed blower. The three-way valves direct ambient air through the air cleaner and into a first of three dryer canisters, and direct the dried ambient air through an ozone generator to the internal combustion engine, while concurrently directing gas from the exhaust catalytic converter to the second of the three dryer canisters, and also concurrently directing air from the high speed blower to the third of the three dryer canisters.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for increasing the efficiency of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of:providing an ozone generator having a dry air collector manifold;operably connecting the ozone generator to an air intake manifold of the internal combustion engin

The invention claimed is: 1. A method for increasing the efficiency of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of:providing an ozone generator having a dry air collector manifold;operably connecting the ozone generator to an air intake manifold of the internal combustion engine;providing an air cleaner;providing a first three-way valve that receives ambient air through the air cleaner;providing a catalytic converter operably installed in the internal combustion engine;providing a second three-way valve that receives hot exhaust from the catalytic converter of the internal combustion engine;providing a high speed blower;providing a third three-way valve that receives air from the high speed blower;providing three dryer canisters, each dryer canister having three input valves adapted to receive air from either the first, second, or third three-way valve, each of the dryer canisters being provided with a dryer material, and further each dryer canister having two exit valves so that the air either vents to the atmosphere or is directed to the dry air collector manifold of the ozone generator;providing a switching valve to operatively control the two exit valves of each of the three dryer canisters, so that air leaving each of the three dryer canisters is directed to either the atmosphere or to the dry air collector manifold of the ozone generator;operably connecting each of the first, second, and third three-way valves to each of the three dryer canisters;providing a valve control computer operably connected to the first, second, and third three-way valves, and also to the switching valves of each of the three dryer canisters;adjusting via the valve control computer the first, second, and third three-way valves to a first phase, wherein the ambient air from the air cleaner is directed into a first of the three dryer canisters, and then directing the dried ambient air through the ozone generator to the internal combustion engine, while concurrently directing hot exhaust from the catalytic converter to the second of the three dryer canisters, and also concurrently directing air from the high speed blower to the third of the three dryer canisters, while simultaneously adjusting the switching valves so that the dry ambient air from the first of the three dryer canisters is directed to the dry air collector manifold of the ozone generator, while the hot exhaust from the second of the three dryer canisters and the air from the third of the three dryer canisters is vented to the atmosphere;adjusting via the valve control computer the first, second, and third three-way valves to a second phase, wherein the first of the three dryer canisters receives hot exhaust from the catalytic converter, so that the first dryer canister is heated and dried by the hot exhaust gasses from the internal combustion engine, while the second of the three dryer canisters receives air from the high speed blower, and the third of the three dryer canisters receives air from the air cleaner and provides the air through the ozone generator to the internal combustion engine, while simultaneously adjusting the switching valves so that the dry ambient air from the third of the three dryer canisters is directed to the dry air collector manifold of the ozone generator, while the hot exhaust from the first of the three dryer canisters and the air from the second of the three dryer canisters is vented to the atmosphere;adjusting via the valve control computer the three-way valves to a third phase, wherein the first of the three dryer canisters receives air from the high speed blower, so that the first dryer canister is cooled and further dried, while the second of the three dryer canisters receives air from the air cleaner and provides the air through the ozone generator to the internal combustion engine, while the third of the three dryer canisters receives hot exhaust from the from the catalytic converter, while simultaneously adjusting the switching valves so that the dry ambient air from the second of the three dryer canisters is directed to the dry air collector manifold of the ozone generator, while the hot exhaust from the third of the three dryer canisters and the air from the first of the three dryer canisters is vented to the atmosphere;operably positioning a humidity sensor in each of the three dryer canisters so that the humidity of air passing through the three dryer canisters may be continuously measured; andoperably connecting each of the humidity sensors to the valve control computer, so that the valve control computer can cycle through the first, second, and third phases responsive to the humidity measured.